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Single-shot digital optical fluorescence phase conjugation through forward multiple-scattering samples.

Tengfei Wu¹, Yixuan Zhang¹, Baptiste Blochet¹

¹Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences, CNRS UMR 8003, Université Paris Cité, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris 75006, France.

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Digital optical phase conjugation (DOPC) overcomes challenges in focusing light through scattering biological tissues using fluorescent guide stars. This study demonstrates a novel reference-free method for in-depth laser focusing via digital fluorescence phase conjugation.

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Area of Science:

Biophotonics
Optical imaging
Laser physics

Background:

Biological tissues scatter light, creating complex speckle patterns that hinder in-depth imaging.
Digital optical phase conjugation (DOPC) offers a solution for focusing light through scattering media.
Traditional DOPC faces limitations with fluorescent guide stars due to low photon counts, spectral bandwidth, Stokes shift, and lack of a reference beam.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a novel method for focusing laser beams through multiple-scattering biological samples using fluorescent guide stars.
To overcome the limitations of conventional DOPC in scattering biological tissues.

Main Methods:

Utilized a reference-free, high-resolution wavefront sensor to measure speckle fields in a single acquisition.
Employed digital fluorescence phase conjugation (DFPC) by leveraging the broad spectral bandwidth of forward multiply scattering samples.
Focused a laser beam at the excitation wavelength while simultaneously measuring the broadband speckle field from a fluorescent bead.

Main Results:

Successfully focused a laser beam through multiple-scattering samples using the developed DFPC technique.
Demonstrated the feasibility of reference-free wavefront sensing for phase conjugation with fluorescent sources.
Overcame key challenges associated with fluorescent guide stars in DOPC.

Conclusions:

The developed digital fluorescence phase conjugation method enables effective in-depth laser focusing through scattering biological tissues.
This technique offers a promising advancement for optical focusing in biological imaging applications where fluorescent guide stars are used.